The Mobile World Congress decides to cancel the Russian pavilion due to the invasion of Ukraine

The Mobile World Congress (MWC), one of the most important events related to the mobile phone industry in the world, is close to being held, but the organization behind it has shown that it is not oblivious to the political situation that the world is experiencing. planet these days. For this reason, the MWC has announced that it will cancel the Russian pavilion of the congress as a condemnation for the invasion of Ukraine.

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The GSMA (Global System Association for Mobile Communications), organizer of the event, published a statement indicating that “complies with all government sanctions and policies” stemming from the war between Russia and Ukraine.

“In light of this emerging situation and considering the tragic loss of life, the MWC seems irrelevant in these circumstances”, point out the organizers for Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine. John Hoffman, director of the GSMA, invited the 20 Russian companies that were going to participate in the congress to “stay at home”.

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Hoffman also indicated that the companies that will not be able to participate in the event are those that appear on the list of companies sanctioned by the United States, arguing that the GSMA defends “a unifying event with the vision of convening the mobile ecosystem to progress in the ways and means in that connectivity can ensure that people, industry and society prosper”, concluding that there will be no Russian pavilion at this year’s MWC.

As indicated The country, sources from the organizations point out that Ukraine did not have institutional representation at the Mobile World Congress 2022 while in the case of Russia, the list of exhibitors included the Russian Export Center and 11 technology firms from the country, such as SoftMediaLab, Trueconf, Sigma Messaging, and Eximbank of Russia. Also the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and the Kaspersky antivirus company.

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Source: Elcomercio

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